Temporary gravesite

Family members grieve over the coffin of Eiko Miura during a burial service at a temporary burial site in Kensennuma, Japan. Under Japanese Buddhist practice a cremation is the expected traditional way of dealing with the dead but now with the death toll so high crematoriums are overwhelmed and...

Family members grieve over the coffin of Eiko Miura during a burial service at a temporary burial site in Kensennuma, Japan. Under Japanese Buddhist practice a cremation is the expected traditional way of dealing with the dead but now with the death toll so high crematoriums are overwhelmed and... (Paula Bronstein, Getty Images)

Family members grieve over the coffin of Eiko Miura during a burial service at a temporary burial site in Kensennuma, Japan. Under Japanese Buddhist practice a cremation is the expected traditional way of dealing with the dead but now with the death toll so high crematoriums are overwhelmed and...